Haven't started or ridden my 06 klr since 2009, fuel sitting in the carb and tank since then. Yuck.

A friend purchased a drz400 so I figured id see what it would take to get the klr on the road. Pulled the carb, inspected....decided it needed a dip. Dipped it, blew it out, reassembled. Hung a bottle of fuel and farted around trying to bump start it for a few mins last night before I said screw it and went to bed.

Today I took off the 4 year old yuasa battery and charged it on 2amps for a few hours, threw it on the bike to see if it was ablw to crank the starter or not.

Klr fired up on the first crank, I forgot the bowl was charged from the night before. I was a bit perplexed for about 2 seconds as the bike idled with no fuel tank.........

that reminds me of a few weeks ago my buddy had my old 87 yamaha 125 scooter that he parked back in 1997 with gas in it and he pulled it out and put a new battery and added fresh gas to the old gas and the thing started right up and ran perfect! now hes dealing with the dmv for late fees!